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Number of Respondents: 1,141 panel 

members. 

Average Hours per Response: 2 hours 

per year (20 minutes for bi-monthly 

collection). 

Burden Hours: 1,596. 

Needs and Uses: The Census Military 

Panel is a national survey panel by the 

U.S. Census Bureau (Census) and the 

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) 

consisting of active-duty service 

members and spouses of active-duty 

service members that have agreed to be 

contacted and invited to participate. 

The ultimate goal for the Military Panel 

project is to recruit at least 2,000 panel 

members (1,000 service members and 

1,000 spouses) randomly selected 

directly from military administrative 

data. 

Invitations to complete the bimonthly surveys will be sent via email 

and SMS messages and questionnaires 

will be mainly internet self-response. 

The Panel will maintain 

representativeness by allowing 

respondents who do not use the internet 

to respond via computer-assisted 

telephone interviewing (CATI). All 

panelists will receive an incentive for 

each complete questionnaire. Periodic 

replenishment samples will maintain 

representativeness and panelists will be 

replaced after a period of three years. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Frequency: Bi-monthly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 10 U.S.C. 1782; Title 

13 U.S.C. 8(b). 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering the title of the collection or the 

OMB Control Number 0607–1027. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Military Panel Topical 4 

Operation 

On August 31, 2023, the Department 

of Commerce received clearance from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to 

conduct the Census Household Panel 

recruitment and first topical operation 

(OMB No. 0607–1027, Exp. 8/31/26). On 

July 15, 2024, the Department of 

Commerce received subsequent 

clearance from the OMB to conduct the 

second and third topical operations. The 

Military Panel is designed to ensure 

availability of frequent data collection 

for nationwide estimates on a variety of 

topics for active-duty service members 

and spouses of active-duty service 

members. 

Content for Topical 4 will consist of 

topics including food security readiness, 

voting, and harassment and 

discrimination. Topical 4 data will be 

collected in January 2025. The 

Department of Commerce will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the OMB for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or 

after the date of publication of this 

notice. We invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register on July 3, 2023, during 

a 30-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

Title: Military Panel. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–1027. 

Form Number(s): Not yet determined. 

Type of Request: Request for a 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Number of Respondents: 1,141 panel 

members. 

Average Hours per Response: 2 hours 

per year (20 minutes for bi-monthly 

collection). 

Burden Hours: 1,596. 

Needs and Uses: The Census Military 

Panel is a national survey panel by the 

U.S. Census Bureau (Census) and the 

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) 

consisting of active-duty service 

members and spouses of active-duty 

service members that have agreed to be 

contacted and invited to participate. 

The ultimate goal for the Military Panel 

project is to recruit at least 2,000 panel 

members (1,000 service members and 

1,000 spouses) randomly selected 

directly from military administrative 

data. 

Invitations to complete the bimonthly surveys will be sent via email 

and SMS messages and questionnaires 

will be mainly internet self-response. 

The Panel will maintain 

representativeness by allowing 

respondents who do not use the internet 

to respond via computer-assisted 

telephone interviewing (CATI). All 

panelists will receive an incentive for 

each complete questionnaire. Periodic 

replenishment samples will maintain 

representativeness and panelists will be 

replaced after a period of three years. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Frequency: Bi-monthly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 10 U.S.C. 1782; Title 

13 U.S.C. 8(b). 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering the title of the collection or the 

OMB Control Number 0607–1027. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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